Daniel Hoag of Dover Plains and Evelyn Grainger of Millbrook earn Spring 2018 Dean’s List at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

 

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Daniel Hoag of Dover Plains and Evelyn Grainger of Millbrook

earn Spring 2018 Dean’s List at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WORCESTER, MA (05/23/2018)– The following local residents were among 1,474 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2018 semester.

Daniel Hoag of Dover Plains, N.Y., is a member of the class of 2020 majoring in civil engineering.

Evelyn Grainger of Millbrook, N.Y., is a member of the class of 2018 majoring in civil engineering, and international and global studies.

The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean’s List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.

“WPI’s academic programs are rigorous and require a level of independence beyond what is required in traditional courses. WPI students go beyond the classroom to work on open-ended problems in and for communities around the world. The problems are important and the impact is real” said dean of undergraduate studies Arthur C. Heinricher. “Some of this nation’s best and brightest students come to WPI to study engineering and science and business and the humanities. Those named to the Dean’s List have excelled in all of their work, and we are exceptionally proud of these outstanding students.”

About Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation’s first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor’s, masters and doctoral degrees. WPI’s talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university’s innovative Global Projects Program. There are more than 40 WPI project centers throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

Author: Harlem Valley News